Heather Mongilio

Writer

Heather Mongilio is the courts and cops reporter for The Carroll County Times. Before joining the paper in 2016, she worked as a reporter covering Arlington County in Virginia. Heather graduated from American University in 2015 with a degree in journalism and psychology.

Recent Articles

The questions surrounding Amy Metz’s death on Jan. 24, 2016 haunt her siblings. How did she die? Why was she left in the snow on Wellesley Court? Why didn’t her husband call 911? Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene in the midst of a blizzard after receiving...

An autopsy was performed on Amy Metz on Jan. 25, 2016, by Dr. Meghan Kessler with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. The autopsy report lists the cause of death as undetermined. The manner of death also was listed as undetermined. “Because it remains unclear whether Ms Metz’s...

One of the questions Amy Metz’s siblings have is why her husband, Michael Metz, didn’t call 911 or try to get help from his neighbors when Amy became unresponsive while walking home from a party in a blizzard in the early morning of Jan. 24, 2016. “Why didn’t he call 911? Why did he leave her there...

The questions surrounding Amy Metz’s death on Jan. 24, 2016 haunt her siblings. How did she die? Why was she left in the snow on Wellesley Court? Why didn’t her husband call 911? Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene in the midst of a blizzard after receiving...

Steven Jarkiewicz came to the Hampstead location of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 8, 2016, saying that he wanted to expand on his initial statement regarding what he knew about the death of Amy Metz. A few hours after Metz’s body was discovered on Jan. 24, 2016, Jarkiewicz told then-Cpl....

The questions surrounding Amy Metz’s death on Jan. 24, 2016 haunt her siblings. How did she die? Why was she left in the snow on Wellesley Court? Why didn’t her husband call 911? Deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office were called to the scene in the midst of a blizzard after receiving...

Amy Carol Schuerholz Metz was born on July 27, 1972. “She was always a fun person to be around,” said Susan Peters, her sister. “She was always smiling. She was a great listener. She always let you know, she made great eye contact, she smiled at you and she always made you feel good about yourself....

The life of Amy Metz can be traced in the boxes, books and binders her sister, Mimi Gregory, carries around. Pictures of Amy growing up, running marathons and having fun with her family accompany police reports, crime scene photos and an autopsy report. But what Gregory doesn’t have in any of her...